Junior riders once again provided an excellent meeting at Vetlanda. The 2005 Swedish final was a great meeting and this year's World/European qualifer provided the same entertainment with many good heats.
Ricky Kling won the incredibly close meeting after some rocket starts which saw him win from the outside gate twice. Only three points seperated the top eight and it shows that U21 team manager Daniel Nelson will have a tough job when picking his squad for the U21 WTC qualifier in June.
Robert Pettersson had some bad luck when he lead heat 19 before suffering an engine failure on the final bend and only being able to pick up the solitary point. A win would have granted him a run-off for a reserve spot at Motala, but it wasn't meant to be.
SWEDISH WORLD U21 & EUROPEAN U19 CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER at Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda Saturday April 28th 2007
Riders marked with an (*) participated in both the U21 World and U19 European qualifiers.
Official result:
1. (4) Ricky Kling, Dackarna, 13p ( 3 3 3 1 3 )
2. (9) *Thomas H Jonasson, Elit Vetlanda, 12p ( 3 1 3 2 3 )
3. (11) *Billy Forsberg, Västervik, 12p ( 2 3 3 3 1 )
4. (5) Robin Törnqvist, Valsarna, 12p ( 2 2 3 3 2 )
5. (7) *Simon Gustafsson, Team Kumla Promotion, 11p ( 3 2 2 3 1 )
6. (2) Viktor Bergström, Vargarna, 11p ( 2 3 2 2 2 )
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7. (13) Andreas Messing, Rospiggarna, 10p ( 2 3 1 1 3 )
8. (6) *Linus Eklöf, Smederna, 10p ( 1 2 2 3 2 )
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9. (3) *Robert Pettersson, Griparna, 7p ( 1 1 2 2 1 )
10. (14) *Robin Aspegren, Elit Vetlanda, 6p ( 3 1 Ef 2 0 )
11. (8) *Kim Almqvist, Lejonen, 5p ( 0 2 1 0 2 )
12. (15) *Linus Sundström, MasarnaAvesta, 4p ( 1 0 Ef 0 3 )
13. (12) *Niklas Larsson, Elit Vetlanda, 4p ( 1 1 1 1 F )
14. (16) *Robin Bergqvist, Team Dalakraft, 1p ( 0 0 1 0 0 )
15. (10) *Ludvig Lindgren, Team Kumla Promotion, 1p ( 0 0 0 1 Ef )
16. (1) Linus Jansson, Gävle, 0p ( 0 Ef 0 Ef - )
Reserves:
17. (17) *Robert Henderson, Team Bikab ( 1 )
18. (18) *Jonas Andersson, Rospiggarna
Qualifier [67.1]:
Linus Sundström, Robin Bergqvist, Robert Henderson, Jonas Andersson T/T
Heat 1 [66.2]:
Ricky Kling, Viktor Bergström, Robert Pettersson, Linus Jansson
Heat 2 [66.7]:
Simon Gustafsson, Robin Törnqvist, Linus Eklöf, Kim Almqvist
Heat 3 [66.5]:
Thomas H Jonasson, Billy Forsberg, Niklas Larsson, Ludvig Lindgren
Heat 4 [67.1]:
Robin Aspegren, Andreas Messing, Linus Sundström, Robin Bergqvist
Heat 5 [67.6]:
Andreas Messing, Robin Törnqvist, Thomas H Jonasson, Linus Jansson Ef
Heat 6 [68.1]:
Viktor Bergström, Linus Eklöf, Robin Aspegren, Ludvig Lindgren
Heat 7 [67.5]:
Billy Forsberg, Simon Gustafsson, Robert Pettersson, Linus Sundström
Heat 8 [66.7]:
Ricky Kling, Kim Almqvist, Niklas Larsson, Robin Bergqvist
Heat 9 [68.4]:
Billy Forsberg, Linus Eklöf, Robin Bergqvist, Linus Jansson
Heat 10 [67.5]:
Robin Törnqvist, Viktor Bergström, Niklas Larsson, Linus Sundström Ef
Heat 11 [67.5]:
Thomas H Jonasson, Robert Pettersson, Kim Almqvist, Robin Aspegren Ef
Heat 12 [66.9]:
Ricky Kling, Simon Gustafsson, Andreas Messing, Ludvig Lindgren
Heat 13 [68.2]:
Simon Gustafsson, Robin Aspegren, Niklas Larsson, Linus Jansson Ef
Heat 14 [68.4]:
Billy Forsberg, Viktor Bergström, Andreas Messing, Kim Almqvist
Heat 15 [67.4]:
Robin Törnqvist, Robert Pettersson, Ludvig Lindgren, Robin Bergqvist
Heat 16 [67.4]:
Linus Eklöf, Thomas H Jonasson, Ricky Kling, Linus Sundström
Heat 17 [69.6]:
Linus Sundström, Kim Almqvist, Robert Henderson, Ludvig Lindgren Ef
Heat 18 [68.5]:
Thomas H Jonasson, Viktor Bergström, Simon Gustafsson, Robin Bergqvist
Heat 19 [69.0]:
Andreas Messing, Linus Eklöf, Robert Pettersson, Niklas Larsson F
Heat 20 [67.6]:
Ricky Kling, Robin Törnqvist, Billy Forsberg, Robin Aspegren
6 + 2 reserves qualifies for the Nordic Final (World U21 Quarterfinal 2) in Motala on May 12th.
The 6 best U19 riders qualifies for the European U19 Semifinal 2 in Seinajoki on June 9th.
(= Jonasson, Forsberg, Gustafsson, Eklöf, Pettersson och Aspegren)
